During the first week of the syndication season, viewers seemed too distracted by other events to make crowning a clear-cut winner easy. Five shows debuted during the week of Sept. 8, but they competed with big news events including hurricanes, the economic meltdown and the intensifying presidential...
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NBC Universal Domestic Television’s “Deal or No Deal” took the top ratings prize among syndicated rookies for the 2008-09 season thus far, trumping the rest of the freshman pack for its first official week’s ratings. For the week ending Sept. 14, “Deal” drew a household rating of 1.6, giving the series...
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New syndicated strips continued to settle into their schedules on Wednesday, as four of the five series to debut this week took dips, according to Nielsen Media Research. CBS series “The Doctors” continued to tumble but still leads the rookie crop, earning a 1.3/4, down 7% from Tuesday’s score. Fellow...
Day two for the new crop of syndicated series saw ratings decline for the most part, although some series are still claiming first place in some major-market time slots, according to Nielsen Media Research. The three top-rated new series—“The Doctors,” “Deal or No Deal” and “The Bonnie Hunt Show”—all...
Most of the new crop of syndicated first-run shows took the stage for the first time Monday, and CBS Television Distribution’s “The Doctors” posted the highest opening numbers, according to Nielsen Media Research’s weighted metered-market average. “The Doctors” posted an average 1.6 rating/4 share in...